Thomas was given a chance to compete, but the plan all along has been if he didn't start, he would redshirt so no shock there.

Daimler knew going into camp a redshirt year was most likely in the cards. Smallwood's foot injury made it an easy decision to give him a year to recover, while Young might have been the most surprising. From all reports, Young has done a great job in the last month.

Romar can still work his way back into the mix, but the reviews have been very high on Walker and Russell. Tuesday was the first day of full pads practice for Russell and Stoops and players raved about how talented he is.